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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. J. PETER" <j.peter155@msn.com>
Reply-To: <J.PETER19606@GMAIL.COM>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:12:24 +0000
Subject: IT WILL INTEREST YOU.







THE REGIONAL BRANCH MANAGER

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK OF GHANA
,

ACCRA GHANA .



Dear Sir,



My name is Mr. J. Peter I am the regional manager of Standard Chartered Bank of
Ghana Takoradi branch in the
western region of Ghana
. I came to know you in my Private Search for a reliable and reputable person
to handle this confidential transaction. I write you this proposal in good
faith.



I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and me, as the
regional manager of the Standard Chartered Bank it is my duty to send in a
financial report to my head office in the capital city Accra at the end of each business year. On
the course of 2008 business report, I discovered that my branch in which I am
the manager made One million Two hundred and fifty thousand united state
dollars ($1,250,000.00)which my head office are not aware of and will never be
aware of. I have placed this funds on what we call escrow call account with no
beneficiary. As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to
this money, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in
your bank account and get 30% of the total funds as commission.



There are practically no risks involved, it will be a bank-to-bank transfer and
all I need from you is to stand and claim as the original depositor of these
funds as who made the deposit with my branch so that my head office can order
the transfer to your designated bank account. If you accept this offer to work
with me, and you find this proposal Suitable for you do furnish me with the
following information.



Full

Name.....................................................................................



Contact

Address..................................................................................



Private Telephone

Number...................................................................................





Age......................................................................................



Occupation and

Position.................................................................................



I will appreciate it very much, If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not
make undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed on you, and I assure you we
can achieve it successfully.





Thank you in advance and May God bless you and your family.



Yours truly,

Mr. J. Peter.


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